There is no way that a desktop is obsolete. First of all, from a business it perspective, a desktop is the best thing in the world. I know most business men tend to use laptops but for anyone who has no reason for one, a desktop is much easier to secure and such because you dont have to worry about it being stolen or even it being lost and not having to worry about having to create a vpn. Desktops also are cheaper and much more powerful than a laptop of equal value.

As for the home user, it depends what you use it for. If you just go online in your spare time and dont have a wireless connection, why spend more on a laptop. If you travel a lot or have a wireless network and like to surf or play games while watching tv, then a laptop definitely is the way to go.

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Laptops, for me, are the way to go. For what I do with mine, portability rocks...I'm one of those people that those ergonomics experts scoff at. Right now, I'm laying on my side, and putting all my weight on my elbow while typing this. (So horrible, I know.)

On the other hand, I know several people that don't like laptops. They say things like "I don't like it floating around. It needs to be set in one place," and the like. There are, at least right now, enough people for selling desktops to still be worth it.

And then there are the people who don't use their computer all that much, but still need it every now and then. A desktop is perfect for that. It takes a whole lot more to break it, it's cheaper for them, and doesn't take alot of technological know-how to use it. Let's face it, laptops are harder to use at times...ever looked at the back of a tower? The ports are COLOR-CODED. I think...blue is monitor, and purple is keyboard, green is mouse...and so on.

People who use their computer for...well...word-processing and office and the like, would be fine with a laptop...Office (here's hoping I don't step in it) isn't really resource hogging, and doesn't put a LOT of strain on the computer. With the exception of Powerpoint, it drains your battery like there's no tomorrow. Like said above, laptops overheat more easily. People who need more performance-intensive use should get a tower. Again, as said above, they're more powerful, more well ventilated, and more modular.

So...yeah...Desktops≠Obsolete
Both have their uses, and always will

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Well, you COULD do that right now, its just everyone is afraid to touch thier laptop (even some of the pros)
because they havent had previous experience, and its not like anyone is teaching people to work
on thier laptops now are they?

Laptops design are different, and the sizes and such are an issue, BUT, you still CAN make a laptop, you
just need to know your stuff...

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although not any time soon, tpcs may well be replaced my latops. or perhaps pcs will become so compact they they literally turn into laptops haha... i could imagine both these scenariios in any case. things gets faster and smaller, thats just how things work. i hope laptops will be as versitile as pcs in teh furture, maybe they'll make hardware (cd-roms, video cards, sound cards) all specific to laptops so we can interchange and upgrade as we do normall pcs. thats teh only reason why pcs are still being favored over laptops, laptops just get old too quickly since u cant upgrade them.

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No, I said what would have held 1KB 50 years ago, would hold 50MB now.
Over the past 50 years, the size per inch or centimeter, ect, has increased by
50,000,000..... oh wait.. thats 5GB... or somthing like that.
(was a while back I read the magazine).

And yes, I bet terra byte hard drives will be bit within the next 10 years

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